Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-05
District Government Affair.".

10 REVISE AND CORRECT ASSESSAENTS.
In relation to H. r. bill No. 1880. "to extend
the provisions OF the act entitled An act to pro-
vide for the revision and correction OF assessments
&C., approved January June !9. 1873" the Com
missioners have submitted to-day to the chairman
of the House District committee statement OF
their views as follows:
OF special assessments, gave the Commissioners
power to revise only such OF those special assess
ments as were then snpaid l. This unreasonable r able
had paid prior to the approval of said act, was
remedied by the act OF June q, 1879, which pro-
revision. There was, however, a class OF tax pay
ers who had not paid prior to June Is, lssS, but
who did pay while the act OF June "a, 1873, was
CONTEMPLATED by this bill. Until they had paid
they were entitled to q revision OF their assess
ments under the act OF June ls aS.s ana as TINS
amount of this assessment, they would consequently
have been required TO pay only the reducef
are excluded from receiving q rebate or drawback
for the excess or the amount paid Dy them over
the amount found due from them by this revision
There not only was no foundation In reason for
this discrimination, but it is alleged by those In
terested and affirmed by the CHIEF OF the special
aoners, that the then Commissioners encouraged
them to pay upon the assurance that their right to
receive q rebate for any excessive payment would
q, 1875. The amount involved In the bills about
$1,000. The date OF the law OF June l9, 1873 Is
enormously stated both in the bill and title thereto
as "January 19 1875" and It Is defective In other
particulars AS 1t would require extensive amend
ment to enable 1t to cover the cases which It was
evidently designed to relieve the Commissioners
have prepared and submit substitute with recon-
mendatiOn that 1t receive favorable action.
REAR ADMIRAL RowAN.-It is reported that an
effort is being made to induce Vice Admiral
Rowan TO retire, under the provisions OF the
recent law which allows him to retire with the
highest pay OF the position, the object being to
cure the promotion OF some other naval 0mcer
to succeed him before retirement. Such story 1s
disposed OF by the fact that the rank OF vice adm
so that he will doubtless be permitted to take hts
time In deciding TO retire.
WOULD LIKE 10 BE RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
Hon. VIM. C. owens, ex-speaker OF the Kentucky
house OF representatives Is here and would like to
be railroad commissioner. Ex-U. s. Senator John
g. williams, OF Kentucky, is In the capital and
would like 70 capture railroad commissioner
ship.
SECRETARY WHrTNEY went TO New York yester-
day afternoon, TO be gone several days
ROn1RRaw At THE DNR MuzRuN.-Frum time TO
time . number Of valuable articles have been
missed frOm the Dime Museum and the property
clerk, C. Neal Morton, always suspected somebody
connected with the museum, and those persons
have been discharged upon MortOns report. Last
Monday morning fourteen chairs were taken from
lice. Yesterday Detectives NahOn and Carter ro.
covered the chairs In Q eoc0nd-h hand stOEe They
arrested Morton, who claimed that he left The
chairs AZ the store TO be repaired, but the pro-
pFietor stated that he purchased TIE chaan for
twenty cents apiece